名 elephant，appearance，shape，image；动 （仿效； 摹拟） imitate，as ；

[例句] 棋赛开始时,每名棋手有两只象. Each player has two bishops at the start of the game.

[例句] 这个序曲就象清晨房间里的一块三棱镜一样灿烂辉煌. The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room.

abstract ；

[例句] 他的绘画经历了具象风格和抽象风格两个阶段。 His painting went through both representational and abstract periods.

[例句] “第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。 "Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.

meteorological phenomena，meteorology，atmosphere，scene，weather ；

[例句] 尽显其宏伟气象的兰斯大教堂景色 a view of Rheims Cathedral, in all its splendour

[例句] 据气象预报, 明晨将有霜冻. According to the weather forecast, frost is expected tomorrow morning.

elephant's tusk，ivory，ebur ；

[例句] 他给他演示如何吹奏象牙吹口乐器。 He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.

[例句] 象牙海岸成为世界上可可粉的主要产地。 The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.

phenomenon，appearance；

[例句] 在意大利，每年大量捕杀野生动物的现象令人震惊。 The annual slaughter of wildlife in Italy is horrific.

[例句] 有时商店里的某些杂货会有脱销的现象。 The stores are sometimes sold out of certain groceries.

mental image，mirage，phantom，phantasm，idol；

[例句] 脚印可能只是幻象。 Perhaps the footprint was a hallucination.

[例句] 1981年6月24日那天，年轻的村民们首次报告说看到了圣母马利亚的幻象。 It was on 24th June 1981 that young villagers first reported seeing the Virgin Mary in a vision.

target，object，boyfriend，girl friend ；

[例句] 她知道自己是朋友们同情的对象。 She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.

[例句] 首相今天仍是各大报纸的主要报道对象. The Prime Minister remains the main story in today's newspapers.

symbolize，signify，symbol，emblem，emblematize ；

[例句] 在一些作品中，花具有强烈的象征意义。 In some works, flowers take on a powerful emblematic quality.

[例句] 这个岛屿的凹凸险峻象征着我们的历史和民族性格。 The island's ruggedness symbolises our history and the character of the people.

image，form，figure，vivid，visualize ；

[例句] 这样大发脾气与他所树立的个人形象不相称。 The outburst was inconsistent with the image he has cultivated.

[例句] 我觉得那些人物形象即使不说是乏味无聊，至少也是毫无深度。 I found the characters very two-dimensional, not to say dull.

false appearance，false impression，[地质]pseudomorph，false form，feint ；

[例句] 这种怪诞的平静是一种假象。 This eerie calm is an illusion.

[例句] 经济复苏的假象 a false dawn for the economy

scene，sight，picture，vision ；

[例句] 明亮的流星，或者说陨石，是番难忘的景象。 A bright shooting star, or meteor, is an unforgettable sight.

[例句] 我们目睹了一家人正在收拾家当准备离开的凄惨景象。 We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home.

aspect astrology，star image ；

[例句] 电子照相得到的星象看起来模糊,似乎是离焦的像. Electronographic star images appear soft and out of focus.

[例句] 星象学家的话可真应验了. This was quite a success for the astrologers.

impression，sensation，effect，printing(-)out，impress ；

[例句] 令我印象深刻的是他对目标的坚定不移。 What'simpressed me has been his considerable firmness of purpose.

[例句] 他肌肉发达，但是太胖了，没给人留下好印象。 He was well-built, but too fleshy to be impressive.

[哲； 心理]presentation，[数； 物]representation，idea ；

[例句] 在这一切正常的表象下潜伏的是将使这个家庭四分五裂的毒瘾。 Underneath this image of normalcy, addiction threatened to rip this family apart.

[例句] 电视广告看上去或许更加专业，但要当心，不要把表象误以为真。 Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.

imagine，fancy，visualize，vision，conceive of；

[例句] 婚姻生活并不像他想象的那么浪漫美好。 Married life was not as idyllic as he had imagined.

[例句] 想象一下那长长的金色海滩吧，在那里你可以独自徜徉。 Imagine long golden beaches where you can wander in solitude.

(Chinese) chess，chinese chess ；

[例句] 有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。 One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set.

[例句] 我象棋下不赢他. I can't beat him at Chinese chess.

[语] pictographic characters or pictographs, e.g. 日 (sun) and 月 (moon) -- one of the six categories of Chinese characters（六书） ；

[例句] 字的结构不再有古文字那种象形的含义, 而完全符号化了. Signs and designs almost disappeared , and characters became solely writing symbols.

[例句] “ 应物象形 ” 与 “ 以物观我 ” " Describing Objects as They are " and " Describing Objects to Reflect Ego "

sign，token，indication，evidence，hide ；

[例句] 他的辅导教师发现了他在阅读和写作方面进步的迹象。 His remedial teacher sees signs of progress in his reading and writing.

[例句] 无迹象表明向客户售出了不适用的保险。 There is no suggestion that clients have been sold inappropriate policies.

image，imagery，[心理] imago (pl. imagoes，imagines)，imago ；

[例句] 这些意象在很大程度上表现出的人性泯灭让她深感惊骇。 She was horrified at the dehumanisation involved in much of the imagery.

[例句] 观点阐述不充分，结构单薄，意象也模糊不清。 The ideas seem sketchily developed, the textures thin, the images vague.

token，symbolic，emblematic ；

[例句] 你把她形容为入围名单上象征性的女性人选。 You described her as the token woman on the shortlist.

[例句] 今天的举动在很大程度上只是象征性的。 The move today was largely symbolic.